In the wake of reports that New York City terror attack suspect Sayfullo Saipov yelled "Allahu akbar" after allegedly killing eight people in a car attack in lower Manhattan, the CNN host and Philadelphia native noted that terrorists have been co-opting the phrase, which translates as "God is great."

"The Arabic chant 'Allahu akbar,' 'God is great,' sometimes is said under the most beautiful of circumstances. And too often, we hear it being said in moments like this," Tapper said on Tuesday's The Lead.

Tapper's comments were twisted by conservative websites like the Daily Caller and Breitbart, and mentioned on the conspiracy-theory-peddling website Info Wars, before ending up in an article on Fox News Insider with the misleading headline, "CNN's Jake Tapper: 'Allahu Akbar' Can Be Said Under 'Most Beautiful' of Circumstances." The headline was preceded by a red, all-caps label: "OUTRAGEOUS."

Former U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, now a Fox News contributor, mocked Tapper's comments on The Five, saying Tapper had sought to tell viewers "how beautiful the phrase 'Allahu akbar' can be."

Tapper responded by blasting Fox News on Twitter, accusing the network of "lying" and claiming it followed a "slime-coated path" paved by other right-wing outlets.

"'Allahu akbar' is a prayer; if we don't understand how radical Islamic terrorists justify their evil using religion, West cannot defeat it," Tapper wrote on Twitter Wednesday evening. "There was a time when one could tell the difference between Fox and the nutjobs at Infowars. It's getting tougher and tougher. Lies are lies."

Fox News is lying. I said it can be said at beautiful moments (wedding, birth) and too often at times like this (horrific terrorist attack). https://t.co/rQx3r0za6I

"What kind of mind goes on live TV as seven bodies and a child lie in the street and then talks about the beautiful phrase 'Allahu akbar?'" Gorka asked. "Where does that motivation come from for Jake Tapper?"

"Hannity lying now. The @FoxNews tweet I was referring to has been deleted because it was false," Tapper tweeted following Hannity's segment before bringing up a sore spot for the popular Fox News host — Hannity's continued pushing of a debunked conspiracy theory involving the death of a former DNC staffer.

Hannity, of course, smeared the late Seth Rich while his parents were still in mourning, so why wouldn't he lie about this?